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streering wheel buttons sticky - n-tec+

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:59 am
by chenks
collected my 2012 62 plate n-tec+ on saturday.
all good, but noticed a few little niggly bits.

the buttons on the steering wheel are a bit sticky, pressing them feel sticky and they don't always spring back up quickly or smoothly.
this is on both sides. i suspect they are ditry and have got sticky.
pressing the "cancel" button on the right or the "i" button on the left firmly also causing the horn to operate.

is there an easy way to inspect them and give them a contact clean if required?

Re: streering wheel buttons sticky - n-tec+

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:51 am
by Gel
May be the garage sprayed some dashboard finish spray that caused this; some years ago I had same issue with
built in mobile phone where keys became sticky/ unusable.
You could try a solvent spray such as WD40 or similar- go sparingly I'd suggest to see if this washes off
the residue.

Re: streering wheel buttons sticky - n-tec+

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 10:57 pm
by chenks
Is wd40 advisable?
Isn't it likely to corrode the circuits or adversely affect the airbag circuit?

Re: streering wheel buttons sticky - n-tec+

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:26 pm
by Deleted User 3871
How about some of this? Electrical Contact Cleaner

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=elect ... e&ie=UTF-8

Re: streering wheel buttons sticky - n-tec+

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 3:09 pm
by chenks
might be worth a try as long as it won't affect the airbag circuitry around it.

Re: streering wheel buttons sticky - n-tec+

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 5:24 pm
by Deleted User 3871
Its designed to clean electrical contacts & many other things electrical, so its designed for circuitry in mind. Its a solvent / degreaser, so you need to keep it away from things that need to stay lubricated.
chenks wrote: Fri Mar 23, 2018 3:09 pm might be worth a try as long as it won't affect the airbag circuitry around it.

Re: streering wheel buttons sticky - n-tec+

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 5:33 pm
by chenks
So the question is...
Is there anything within the steering wheel area that does require lubrication.

I'll be attempting this without removing the steering wheel.

Re: streering wheel buttons sticky - n-tec+

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 6:38 pm
by chenks
i tried that contact cleaner, and it seemed to work for a day or so, but the stickiness is back again.
pressing the volume up button feels like it's got chewing gum as it's slow sluggish to move in either direction.

Re: streering wheel buttons sticky - n-tec+

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:51 am
by Deleted User 3871
Just a thought, are the buttons removable? I.e. pop off like the keys on a computer keyboard. If they do then just pop them off & clean with a wet sponge / rag etc.

Re: streering wheel buttons sticky - n-tec+

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:06 pm
by chenks
they don't look like removable buttons.

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